John Stones reveals Manchester City key advantage over Liverpool in Premier League title race

 

John Stones

Manchester City defender John Stones has backed his side to be affected by a Premier League clash with Liverpool three seasons before their meeting with the Reds at Etihad Stadium on Sunday.

The eyes of the world will be on Etihad Stadium this weekend as Manchester City host Liverpool in a game that will have a huge impact on where the Premier League lands at the end of the season in May.

With just one point separating England's top teams before the clash, there is little difference for Pep Guardiola's side, who will also face the Reds in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley a few weeks later.

However, City center-half John Stones believes the 2018/19 campaign was an experience for them to see Georgine Klopp's men on the road to league glory - where the Blues won the title on the last day of the season in Brighton. What was the name Put them in the driver's seat for the weekend tie.

"We (City and Liverpool) are first and second in the table, everyone knows that," the England international said after Tuesday night's City Champions League quarter-final victory over Atletico Madrid, as Copied by Richard Julie of The National News.

"Three years ago, it was the last game (of the league campaign), so we've been in that situation before and we've definitely learned from the experience of that time."

Towards the business end of the 2018/19 campaign, Guardiola's men won the incredible race of 14 games and amassed a total of 98 points on their way to the glory of the league - a year of setting a record number of 100 points. Later when they won. Premier League in 2018.

Stones added: "We have been unbeaten in 14 matches (in 2019) and we know every game is very important to us.

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